Car-seat.



Patent ed July 23, l90l.

No. 679,08l.

F. G. KUEHLER.

CAR SEAT.

(Application filed Apr. 15, 1901.)

(No Ilodel.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK G. KOEHLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CAR-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 679,081, dated July 23,1901.

Application filed April 15, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK G. KOEHLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seats, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the class of car seatsknown as walk-over seats, the back being reversible from side to side ofthe seat without revolving or turning ever.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a vertical transverse section of my improved seat, taken online I I, Fig. II, the cushion being shown in dotted lines. Fig. II is adetail vertical section taken on line II II, Fig.1. Fig. III is aperspective View of the inner ends of the arms at one end of the seatthat connect the back to the cushion-supporting brackets. Fig. IV is adetail perspective view of one of the cushion-supporting brackets. Fig.V is a perspective View of one of the bracket-supporting clips. Fig. VIis a perspective view of one of the levers that tilts thecushion-supportin g bracket. Fig. VIIis an enlarged detail section takenon line VII VII, Fig. I.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the end pieces of the frame ofthe seat, 2 the supporting legs, and 3 the usual cross-bars that extendacross the seat from end to end, these parts being old and common.

4 represents the cushion of the seat, that rests upon a bracket 5 ateach end of the seat, the brackets having prongs 6,that fit up into thebottom of the cushion and hold the latter on the brackets. The bracketsare held to the end pieces 1 by means of clips 7, bolted to the endpieces at 8, and having journal projections 9, that enter holes 10 inthe brackets. The brackets are thus permitted to tilt on the projections9, and do so tilt as the back of the seat is reversed, so as to causethe cushion to assume the proper inclination with relation to the backwhichever position the back may be in. The shape of the clips 7 is shownin Fig. V.

Serial No. ,905. (No model.)

11 represents the back of the seat, which is connected by arms 12 to thebrackets 5. The manner of connecting the arms to the back is illustratedin Fig. VII, the arms having perforations. fitting over studs 13, formedon the end pieces 14 of the back, to which they are held by screws 15.As the back is reversed the arms turn on the studs 13. The inner ends ofthe arms are formed with inwardly-extending projections 16, that fit inopenings 17, made in the brackets 5, one on each side of the hole 10, asseen in Fig. IV. The inner ends of the arms fit between the brackets andthe end pieces 1 of the car-seat, as shown in Fig. II. The projections16 have non-circular sockets 18 to receive bars 19,that extend acrossthe seat, one end of the bars being held in the projections 16 on oneside of the seat and the other end of the bars being held in likeprojections of the arms at the other end of the seat. The arms 12 on oneendof the seat are thus connected to the arms 12 on the other end of theseat, so that the two will move in unison when the back is reversed, theprojections 16 of course turning in the openings 17 as the back isreversed from side to side of the seat. Pivoted to each end piece 1 ofthe seat is a pair of levers 20, the outer ends of which are adapted tobear against the inclined faces 21 of the brackets 5, these ends of thelevers having horizontal extensions 22, (see Fig. VI,) that extendbeneath the brackets.

23 represents cams carried by the arms 12 or by the extensions 16 of thearms and which bear against the upper curved faces of the levers 20. Asthe back is reversed the cams 23 mox e out and in on their respectivelevers, thus tilting the levers, which in turn tilt the brackets and thecushion carried thereby, so .that the latter is given the proper inclinewith relation to the back, whichever position the latter is in. As theback reaches one of its positions the projection 22 of the lever on thatside of the seat comes against the cross-bar 3 and arrests the movementof the parts, and when the back is reversed the ISO the projections 22are kept constantly bear ing against the under sides of the brackets 5,thus providing against any loose movement of the brackets and thecushion carried by the brackets.

I claim as my inventi0.n--

1. In a car-seat, the combination of the end pieces of the frame of theseat, cushion-supporting brackets, pivoted to the end pieces, a back,arms connecting the back to the brackets respectively on opposite sidesof the pivots of the latter, cams carried by the arms,and levers pivotedto the end pieces; said cams bearing against said levers and said leversbearing against said brackets, substantially as set forth.

2. In a car-seat, the combination of the end pieces of the frame of theseat, brackets pivoted to the end pieces and adapted to support thecushion, a back, a pair of arms at each end of the scat having pivotalconnection with the'back and the inner ends of which have pivotalconnection with the brackets on each side of the pivot of the latter,bars connecting the inner ends of thearms on one endof the seat to theinner ends of the arms at the other end of the seat, cams carried by thearms, and levers pivoted to the ends of the seat beneath said brackets;said cams bearing against said levers and said levers bearing againstsaid brackets; substantially as set forth.

In a car-seat, the combination of theend pieces of the frame of theseat, brackets pivoted to the ends of the seat and provided withopenings on each side of their pivots, a back,

- a pair of arms at each end of the seat pivotallyconnected at theirouter ends to the back and having hollow projections at their inner endsthat fit in the openings formed in the brackets, bars fitting in saidprojections and extending across theseat, cams carried by the arms, andlevers pivoted to the ends of the seat beneath the brackets; said camsbeing adapted to bear against said levers, and said levers bearingagainst said brackets, substantially as set forth.

4; In a car-seat, the combination of end pieces, cushion-s11 pportingbrackets pivotally connected to the end pieces, levers pivoted to theend pieces beneath the brackets, a back, and arms pivoted to the backand to the bracket and having means for engagement with said leverswhereby the latter is moved as the back is reversed, substantially asset forth.

5. In a car-seat, the combination of end pieces, cushion-supportingbrackets having inclined bottoms, clips secured to the end pieces and onwhich said brackets have pivotal bearing, a back, a pair of arms, ateach end of the seat, pivoted to the back and having pivotal connectionwith the brackets, cams carried by the arms, and levers pivoted to theend pieces and against which said cams bear; said levers havinghorizontal projections engaging the inclined bottom of said brackets,substantially as set forth.

FRANK G. KOEHLER.

In presence of E. S. KNIGHT,

M. P. SMITH.

